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Activity Type: Media Cooperation Agreement

Xinhua Signs Deal with SPH Media Trust

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On July 8, 2025, Xinhua President Fu Hua (傅華) met with Singapore Press Holdings Media’s (SPH Media) CEO Chan Yeng Ying Jie (陳延吉) in Beijing, where both leaders committed to “jointly telling stories of their countries’ development and people-to-people friendship” while enhancing cooperation in news reporting, artificial intelligence, and other technological fields. This meeting was the centerpiece of a four-day delegation visit (July 7-10) led by Chan Yeng Kit, which included meetings with China’s major media organizations, including China Media Group (中央廣播電視總台), People’s Daily (人民日報), and Tsinghua University’s journalism school, to discuss shared challenges like disinformation and digital transformation.

Xinhua Deepens Coooperation with Kyodo News

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On February 17, 2025, Fu Hua (傅華), the president of China’s official Xinhua News Agency, met with his counterpart at the non-profit cooperative news agency Kyodo News, Mizutani Toru, in Tokyo, both organizations agreeing to “deepen exchange and cooperation.” Fu Hua stated that as “important media institutions of both countries,” Xinhua and Kyodo serve as “witnesses and participants in the development of bilateral relations.” This was a typical portrayal of media partnerships not as professional media activities by rather diplomatic events. The partners committed to “consolidating existing cooperative results,” expanding collaboration in new media and technology applications, and working together under the World Media Summit (WMS) framework — referring to an ostensible global media grouping entirely controlled by Xinhua — to “promote mutual understanding between Chinese and Japanese people” and “enhance mutual trust” to help bilateral relations “move forward steadily and sustainably.”

South Korea’s JoongAng Ilbo Signs MOU with Wuxi Daily

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The JoongAng Ilbo (중앙일보) of South Korea and Wuxi Daily (无锡日报), the official publication of the CCP Committee in Wuxi, Jiangsu province, signed a strategic cooperation memorandum on April 23, 2024, during a Wuxi economic and cultural delegation visit to Korea. The partnership leverages both media platforms to promote bilateral economic, cultural, and tourism resources between the two regions. JoongAng Group, Korea’s comprehensive content media conglomerate, operates extensive global news networks and maintains relationships with state-level Chinese media including Xinhua News Agency and China Daily. The collaboration established regular communication mechanisms for joint interviews and friendship-building activities, capitalizing on Wuxi’s substantial Korean business presence — nearly 800 Korean enterprises and Korea representing Wuxi’s largest source of sister-city relationships — to enhance mutual understanding and expand Wuxi’s profile in Korean markets.

Kenya’s Star Signs Insert Deal with China Daily

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Kenya’s Star newspaper signed a content-sharing agreement with China Daily Africa on July 16, 2025, at the Star’s Westlands headquarters in Nairobi. Radio Africa Group CEO Martin Khafafa and China Daily Africa Director Wang Xiaodong (王晓东) officiated the deal, which will see “China Watch” inserts published weekly in the Star, leveraging its “100,000-copy circulation.” Khafafa welcomed the partnership as showcasing China’s “contributions to Kenya’s economic growth,” while China Daily’s Kennedy Mureithi said the goal was to “break down Western bias” and expand influence across 15 African countries through local partnerships countering “misperceptions” about China’s continental role. This language closely mirrors Chinese state talking points, including Xi Jinping’s notion of “telling China’s story well.” Mureithi was quoted by China Daily as saying: “We believe that by telling our story in our own voice, more Africans will come to appreciate the values, innovations, and opportunities that China offers.” Xi’s notion of “China’s story,” however, does not suggest individual stories but refers to the “discourse power” (話語權) and voice of the Chinese Party-state, which is perpetuated also through restraints on discourse.

Xinhua and Jiji Press Sign MoU on Media Cooperation

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China’s Xinhua News Agency (新華社) and Japan’s Jiji Press signed a memorandum of understanding on media cooperation in Tokyo on February 18, 2025. Xinhua President Fu Hua (傅華) and Jiji Press President Katsuhiko Sakai formalized the agreement to strengthen bilateral media ties. Fu Hua (傅華), Xinhua’s president, emphasized the media’s role as “an important bridge for political exchanges, economic cooperation and cultural exchanges among countries.” According to state media, the MoU aims to enhance technical exchanges, expand cooperation in economic information sharing, and coordinate activities within the framework of the World Media Summit (世界媒體峰會) — a China-led body initiated by Xinhua that China has tried to use to shore up its leadership in global media sector. Both media group leaders expressed a commitment to building a long-term partnership. According to state media, Sakai welcomed the agreement as opening “a new chapter” in their cooperative relationship.

Science and Technology Daily Cooperation Partnership with Nouvelles d’Europe

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Nouvelles d’Europe (歐洲時報), described as “the most influential Chinese news organisation in continental Europe” by the publication itself, was established in Paris in 1983, signed a news cooperation memorandum with China’s Science and Technology Daily (科技日報) in November 2023. The agreement, signed on November 24 by Nouvelles d’Europe President Zhong Cheng (鍾誠) and Science and Technology Daily President Zhang Biyong (張碧湧), establishes formal cooperation to “promote the dissemination of scientific and technological innovation achievements.” The partnership involves exchanging news resources in images, text, and video formats, providing coverage of important China-France and China-Europe science and technology news in English. Science and Technology Daily was founded in 1986 by China’s National Science and Technology Commission and other state organizations. Nouvelles d’Europe has expanded from a four-page irregular publication to a comprehensive media group with daily newspapers, websites, cultural centers, and branches across Europe and Beijing.

Xinhua Signs Agreement with ANSA to Launch “Xinhua Italian Service”

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Italian news agency ANSA (Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata) and China’s Xinhua News Agency (新華社) signed a collaboration agreement in Rome on March 22, 2019, during Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Italy. The agreement established an Italian-language Xinhua news service that ANSA would distribute exclusively through its platforms. Xinhua President Cai Mingzhao (蔡名照), who had served in senior Chinese Communist Party media roles for over two decades, signed the accord with ANSA CEO Stefano De Alessandri. Officials said the service would be “clearly identified and separate from ANSA’s production.” De Alessandri claimed the deal would provide “a broad and systematic information panorama on China” and what he called a “window open on the Chinese system.” The agreement expanded on a 2017 deal between the agencies for news exchange and content collaboration. ANSA terminated the agreement in June 2022.

China and Portugal Sign Media Cooperation Initiative Under the Belt and Road

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On February 25, 2019, Wang Dongmei (王冬梅), Secretary of the Secretariat of the All-China Journalists Association (中華全國新聞工作者協會), and João Palmeiro, President of the Portuguese Press Association, signed a Belt and Road news exchange cooperation agreement in Lisbon. The All-China Journalists Association is a Communist Party-controlled organization with over one million journalist members that serves as an “important layer of exercising CCP control over news organizations.” According to the agreement, both sides would organize mutual visits by news delegations, conduct joint interviews on Belt and Road themes, participate in journalist forums, and encourage training activities. Wang claimed the Belt and Road Initiative “provides a new platform for exchanges and cooperation between countries” and would help “enhance communication and information sharing among news media and journalists.” Both parties reportedly viewed the 40th anniversary of China-Portugal diplomatic relations as an opportunity to open a “new chapter” in media cooperation.

China Economic Information Service Inks Deal With Several European Media

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China Economic Information Service (CEIS) (中國經濟信息社), an affiliate of Xinhua News Agency, inaugurated the Belt and Road Economic and Financial Information Partnership on December 1, 2017, in Frankfurt, Germany. CEIS signed memoranda of understanding with 17 European think-tanks and media outlets, including Germany’s DPA-AFX, Italy’s Class Editori, Britain’s Metro, Polish News Agency, Athens News Agency, and Serbia’s Tanjug News Agency. Wang Shunqing (王順清), Consul General of China in Frankfurt, stated the partnership would “benefit resources integration” and “improve the level of international economic information cooperation.” CEIS Vice President Kuang Lecheng (匡樂成) said the partnership aimed to build a “silk road of financial information” through the Xinhua Silk Road platform. European partners reportedly expressed support, with DPA-AFX’s Rainer Finke noting plans to “further enhance cooperation” and Class Editori’s Paolo Panerai claiming the partnership was “at the right time.”